Fourth of July Vaudeville at the new amusement building
The event opens that night with regular round trip tickets from Anniston and Oxford including park admission. Enjoy free swings, lunch tables, music, horse stables, outdoor sports and night fireworks. Attractions include boating, bathing, bowling, electric merry-go-round, dancing, vaudeville, and the Haunted Swing at low park prices. Refreshment stands offer sandwiches, crackers, cakes, candy, ice cream and drinks.
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Anniston
Oxford
United States
Dockery’s Citizen Duty and a Night in Buckingham
Missouri governor candidate Alexander Monroe Dockery is praised for civic duties including jury service tax payment and voting. The tale contrasts his ethic with a Gallatin exchange and recounts Nansen stopping a pickpocket by gripping the thief’s arm and umbrella during a palace crowd scene.
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Missouri
Alexander Monroe Dockery
Congress
Governor Dockery
Gallatin
Aleck
Dockery
Nansen
Humorous Exchange with Tree and Caesar’s Will Joke
A stage super in Be rb ooh Tree rebukes a lazy Roman citizen for showing indifference during Caesar’s will reading. The citizen swears he expected half a crown a night, not drachmas, in a quick comic misunderstanding. Henry Watterson recalls a sharp intro by Frank Hatton for a Washington Post era talk on Money and Morals.
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Beerbohm Tree
Dea
Tree
Mark Antony
Caesar
Henry Watterson
Frank Hatton
Washington Post
Hatton
Watterson
Cob Corncols as Kindling Fuel in New Process
The St Louis Globe Democrat reports that corncobs will be used as a special kindling in a new process to power engines faster than other fuels. The method crushes cobs, saturates them with a flammable mix, compresses, and cuts into bricks, transforming their appearance. A company will be formed at Parsarit, Kansas, in the center of the corn belt, to capitalize this winter fuel.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Waco
St Parsarit
Kan
A Little Nonsense Driving Tomorrow
A conversation on a car ride reveals playful hesitation between Angelica and Jeremiah about going driving the next day. The excerpt captures a lighthearted mood as they tease plans and tease responses in a brisk, whimsical exchange.
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Jeremiah
Angelica
New, York
Ambitious Words Atop Crowd Provokes Laughs At Event
A distinguished visitor tells the crowd there is room at the top while a heckler counters there is room at the bottom. The quip prompts light banter amid a lively exchange reported in Chicago Recond Herald style.
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Jonee
Chicago Recond- Herald
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